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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...come here?" That kids care enough about their national way of life is inspiring. However, it raises a question and a challenge to the notion of a multicultural nation: Whose culture is it? Globally we have not seen any sustainable examples of multicultural success so perhaps the answer lies in assimilation, and to paraphrase the author, the answer should be "We're in and you're welcome to join in, too!" Ray Pedersen, Coolangatta, Australia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

...budget-minded. But last year, as U.S. auto sales plunged, incentives such as rebates and fancy financing schemes weren't moving wheels off the lots as they usually did. John Krafcik, chief executive of the American subsidiary of the South Korean carmaker, polled consumers to find out why. The answer: fear. "The root cause was not that the deals weren't good," Krafcik says. "So many of them said, 'I'm afraid of losing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Storm Riders | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

...executive chairman of Palm Inc., Rubinstein, a wiry 52, is a marathoner. So I persevered. I was trying to find out the answer to a question that's riveting the tech world these days: namely, Will the Pre save Palm? An iconic Silicon Valley company that pretty much launched - then lost - the smart-phone category, Palm has been teetering on the brink of irrelevance. But now it's fighting back with the Pre, the much hyped smart phone that Rubinstein & Co. have been working on for two years; it launched June 6 ($199 at Sprint stores in the U.S.) with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pre: Palm's Plot to Take on the iPhone | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

...Jones hopes Moon to be the first of a trilogy, and he's already shown the promise that further episodes could bring to fulfillment. Here's hoping it happens, and that, in a few years, David Bowie is the answer to the trivia question: Who is the father of famous director Duncan Jones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moon: A Superior Space Oddity | 6/14/2009 | See Source »

...Techie language aside, that explanation is problematic. The pop-up window I saw asked, "Are you sure you want to invite all your contacts?" That warning was perfectly understandable to me, and likely to 95% of the people who got tricked. The answer is no. The "fix" is that the new window asks, "Do you really want to send e-mail invites with these photos to all ___ of your contacts," with the blank representing the number of addresses on your list. Sure, it's clearer, but it wasn't the warning that caused confusion. What's irritating is that despite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tagged: The World's Most Annoying Website | 6/11/2009 | See Source »

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